VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - eCobalt Solutions Inc. (TSX: ECS; OTCQB: ECSIF) (the "Company" or "eCobalt") is providing an update on its Feasibility Study ("FS") and recently initiated pre-construction activities on its 100% owned Idaho Cobalt Project ("ICP") in anticipation of final FS receipt expected later in September. The ICP is the only near term, environmentally permitted and primary cobalt project located in the United States. In 2016 eCobalt commissioned the FS with Micon International Limited ("Micon") and SNC-Lavalin ("SNC").

In anticipation of the receipt of the final FS, the Company has initiated pre-construction activities at the ICP Mine Site. These select tasks are designed to minimize cash expenditures and timelines to recommence construction activities in 2018. These tasks are currently being reviewed by the Forest Service and other stakeholders for input and approval. Tasks under consideration include:

Mile Post 8: This is a section of access road to the mine site that requires additional work to allow for longer length haulage trucks to deliver the existing ICP pre-purchased equipment currently stored in the Company's warehouse in Salmon, Idaho, up to the mine site for assembly. ...